D
Everyone knows you must exercise regularly to keep good health. Indeed, staying physically fit is a big part of our culture. we consider(or rightly so)that healthy people are attractive people. Since most of us want to be attractive, there is no shortage of exercise clubs, training videos, magazines and books offering to help us stay physically fit.
Unfortunately, however, our culture doesn’t place the same emphasis on mental fitness. Although we tend to like men and women with strong, healthy-looking bodies, we don’t have the same degree of respect or attraction for smart, educated, mentally healthy people. This is a pity, because there are great rewards for people who have developed the ability to think well.
If your mind is well trained and flexible, you will be able to understand a great deal of what ha
ppens around you. And if you are also well educated --- that is, if you understand basic science, mathematics, music, art, literature, history and so on --- you will find it much easier to make good decisions throughout your life. Over the long run, this leads to a sense of control over your destiny and a much better life than otherwise.
People who are poorly educated or who don’t think well --- that is, people who are not mentally fit --- see things differently. Their world is controlled by mysterious, often malevolent(恶意的)forces. Such people live within a system they will never master, forced to follow rules they will never understand. Although it may not be obvious, most spend their lives being manipulated(控制)by others. They are told what to do, what to think, how to spend their money, and what they should and should not aspire(渴望)to in life.
In my opinion, if you want to live well, you must be able to use your mind well. For this reason, I want you to be able to concentrate, to solve problems, to understand complex ideas, and to think clearly and quickly. Such skills will make it easier for you to make informed decisions, understand current events, choose good friends, manage your money well, make wise lone-term decisions and appreciate music, art and literature.
The key to developing such skills is to enjoy learning, and to have the ability and motivation to teach yourself.
63. The writer of the passage feel disappointed that ____.
A. too little has been done to help people to keep physically fit
B. too much has been done to help people to keep physically fit
C. mentally healthy people are not as popular as physically healthy people
D. physically healthy people are not as popular as mentally healthy people
64. The underlined word “this” in the 3rd paragraph means ____.
A. the understanding of a great deal of what goes on around you
B. the understanding of basic science and mathematics
C. good t
raining in body and mind
D. being able to make good decisions in life
65. The writer of this passage thinks those who are not mentally fit ____.
A. live a poor and mysterious life B. can’t control over their life
C. often do what others do D. enjoy being fooled and ruled
66. The best title of the passage will most probably be ____.
A. Train Your Body B. Train Your Mind
C. Make Informed Decisions D. Think Hard and Work Hard
Tom was going home at five yesterday. He got on a bus. A mother with her little boy was sitting nearby. Suddenly the boy cried. His mother tried her best to make the boy stop crying. But the boy would not do so. At last Tom said angrily, “Oh, how that boy cried! Why don’t you give him what he wanted?” “I would if I could." answered the mother quietly,“But he wanted your cap.”What time was Tom going home yesterday?
| A.At four | B.At five |
| C.At six | D.At seven |
Who was sitting near Tom on the bus?
| A.An old man with his little girl |
| B.A young woman |
| C.A woman with her little boy |
| D.A young man |
The mother tried her best to make the boy ______.
| A.wake up | B.go to sleep |
| C.not talk much | D.stop crying |
When the boy cried, Tom ______.
| A.was very angry | B.was very hungry |
| C.was very happy | D.did not hear this |
Why was the boy crying?
| A.Because he wanted something to eat. |
| B.Because he wanted to get off the bus. |
| C.Because he wanted to go home. |
| D.Because he wanted Tom's cap |
阅读理解(共20小题:每小题2分,满分40分)
On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the trees. In Spain, the New Year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes. In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji(富士山). There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the New Year.This story is about New Year’s Eve in_______.
| A.Italy | B.Spain |
| C.Japan | D.All of the above |
People in Spain welcome New Year by _______after twelve.
| A.eating grapes | B.eating noodles |
| C.throwing the old things | D.watching the sunrise. |
People in both Spain and Japan _______ to bring in the New Year.
| A.throw things away | B.get together |
| C.eat some food | D.climb a mountain |
Japanese climb Mount Fuji to _______.
| A.look at the stars |
| B.look for New Year’s wishes |
| C.see the sun coming up |
| D.have a rest |
The people in _______ hope to get long life from their New Year’s food.
| A.Japan | B.China | C.Spain | D.Italy |
(This selection was originally published in 1992. Pluto (冥王星) is no longer classified as a planet.)
Pluto is in many ways the strangest of the planets. It is small and has a large moon(called Charon). Its orbit(轨道) is unusual, which may cause it to have seasons in the sense that when it is close to the sun, the liquid (液体)methane(甲烷)on its surface boils to form a kind of atmospheric haze(烟雾). When the planet moves farther away from the sun, it starts to snow solid(固体) methane.
Pluto is not dark. Despite its great distance from the sun, the surface of Pluto is probably as bright as a moonlit night on Earth. The reason is all that methane, which is as white as newly fallen snow.
The discovery of Pluto was more accident than design. The American astronomer Percival Lowell had predicted the existence of a ninth planet(he called it Planet X)based on what he took to be irregularities in the orbit of Neptune. Today astronomers argue that these "irregularities" weren't real, but the result of instrumental error. Nevertheless, Lowell produced predictions about where Planet X ought to be(although, to be honest, the predictions changed occasionally when he redid the calculations).In any case, in 1930 Clyde Tombaugh, doing a systemic sky survey that would have found the planet no matter where it was, discovered the planet we now call Pluto. By coincidence, its position was pretty close to where Lowell's last prediction said it should be. Was it just luck? We'll never know.On Pluto's surface, liquid methane boils to form an atmospheric haze, which would be most similar to ____.
| A.light | B. darkness |
| C.liquid | D.steam(水蒸气) |
What effect is produced by including the question "Was it just luck?" at the end of the text?
| A.The question encourages the reader to think about why Pluto is a strange planet. |
| B.The question encourages the reader to think about how planets are discovered. |
| C.The question suggests that all discoveries are luck, not just design. |
| D.The question suggests that other planets were found in different ways. |
What contributes to the brightness of Pluto?
| A.Methane on its surface. | B.Its great distance from the sun. |
| C.Light from its moon, Charon. | D.Its closeness to the sun. |
The text mainly wants to ____.
| A.give a brief introduction of Pluto |
| B.talk about the discovery of Pluto |
| C.prove the exact position of Pluto |
| D.describe the strangeness of Pluto |
Well-known as gourmets(美食家),the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's rich nations,according to a study published on Monday.
The average French person sleeps almost 9 hours every night,more than an hour longer than Japanese and Korean,who sleep the least in a survey of 18 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Despite their siesta(午睡)habit,Spanish rank only third after Americans, who sleep more than 8.5 hours. And while more and more French people prefer fast-food chains these days or wolf down a sandwich at their desk, they still spend more than two hour’s a day eating.
That means their meals are twice as long as those of the average Mexican, who spends just an hour a day on food,the OECD’s “Society at a Glance” report on work, health and leisure(休闲) in Asia, Europe and North and South America found. The Japanese manage to spend close to 2 hours a day eating and drinking, placing them third behind New Zealanders.
Despite the limited time, Americans spend eating each day---about an hour and a quarter---U.S.obesity(肥胖) rates are the highest in the 30 members of OECD. The Japanese like to spend their rare free time watching TV or listening to the radio. This takes up 47 percent of leisure time in Japan. Norwegians spend the most time at leisure,just over a quarter of their day,while at the low end,Mexicans spend just 16 percent of their time having fun.
The OECD has 30 members. The survey covers only the countries for which proper figures were available.As to eating time,the CORRECT order is______.
| A.The French > New Zealanders> Japanese> Mexicans |
| B.Mexicans> The Japanese > New Zealanders > The French |
| C.The French > The Japanese > New Zealanders > Mexicans |
| D.New Zealanders > The Japanese >Mexicans> The French |
In the 30 members of OECD,U.S ranks first at______
| A.sleeping time | B.leisure |
| C.eating time | D.obesity-rates |
The main purpose of the text is______.
| A.to show which country spends the least time on sleeping |
| B.to tell us the French is leisure-loving gourmets |
| C.to show a survey about the time of leisure,sleeping,eating in some countries |
| D.to make a comparison to find out the best living styles of OECD countries |
How does the author develop the whole text ?
| A.By analysing cause and effect. |
| B.By making comparisons. |
| C.By making predictions. |
| D.By following the time order. |
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| A.Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale. |
| B.Beach Plaza Hotel. |
| C.Baymont Inn Hotel. |
| D.Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel. |
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| B.Beach Plaza Hotel. |
| C.Baymont Inn Hotel. |
| D.Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel. |
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Which of the following is NOT true according to the ads?
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